Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 87 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.

1. 1.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bake (b) sea (c) tell (d) spring
2. 2.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
5. 5.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 3396655769. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 665 5769 (b) 396 655 769 (c) 339 665 57669 (d) 336 965 5769
7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Eat Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Dance (c) Pink (d) Wins
8. 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, key, watch? (a) Kites My Wet (b) Kites Wet My (c) My Kites Wet (d) Wet Kites My
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Africa
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 329830896. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 329 380 896 (b) 322 983 0896 (c) 329 830 896 (d) 329 808 96
13. 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) rock (c) shock (d) free
14. 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, shoe, inkpot, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIKN (b) SNIK (c) KISN (d) NSIK
16. 16.True or false: “three” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lazy Funny (b) Runs Seven Lazy Funny (c) Funny Lazy Seven Runs (d) Seven Lazy Funny Runs
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Funny Rani (b) Funny Lions Seven Rani (c) Rani Seven Lions Funny (d) Seven Rani Lions Funny
19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
20. 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) clear (d) known
21. 21.📅 The digits 28051975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 280/519/75 (b) 2805/19/75 (c) 28/05/1975 (d) 28/0519/75
22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for radio, umpire, duck, jug, wallet is “Runs Up Dogs ___ Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Toys (c) Ants (d) Jolly
23. 23.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
24. 24.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) night (d) rain
25. 25.True or false: “write” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📅 The digits 20012021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2001/20/21 (b) 20/0120/21 (c) 20/01/2021 (d) 200/120/21
27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bee (b) shell (c) brain (d) bun
28. 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) wing (b) ton (c) block (d) fight
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 600733436720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6007 3346 3720 (b) 6007 3343 6720 (c) 6007 3343 67200 (d) 6073 3436 720
30. 30.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) rain (d) cake
31. 31.📅 The digits 27121960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2712/19/60 (b) 27/1219/60 (c) 271/219/60 (d) 27/12/1960
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) North America
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 234235809424. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2342 3580 94424 (b) 2342 3580 9424 (c) 2343 5809 424 (d) 2342 3850 9424
35. 35.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
36. 36.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Venus
38. 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) spell (c) won (d) tell
39. 39.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) sun (d) cake
40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

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